Hanja Analyzer
潛

潛 — jam

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
잠길 잠
Romanization
jam
English
hide; hidden, secret, latent
Mandarin
qián
Japanese on'yomi
ゼン, セン
Japanese kun'yomi
ひそ.む もぐ.る かく.れる くぐ.る ひそ.める
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Variant forms
潜 濳
Radical
水 (85, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
替
Unicode
U+6F5B

How 潛 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 潛 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 朁.

Korean example words with 潛

  • 잠굴潛窟 Korean gloss: 숨어 있는 곳
  • 잠적潛跡 Korean gloss: 종적을 아주 숨김
  • 잠군潛軍 Korean gloss: 몰래 공격하는 군사
  • 잠복潛伏 Korean gloss: 드러나지 않게 숨음
  • 잠수潛水 Korean gloss: 물속으로 잠겨 들어감. 또는 그런 일
  • 잠상潛商 Korean gloss: 법령으로 금지하고 있는 물건을 몰래 사고파는 장사. 또는 그런 장수
  • 잠사하다潛寫 Korean gloss: 몰래 베끼다
  • 잠통하다潛通 Korean gloss: 몰래 내통하다
  • 잠항하다潛航 Korean gloss: 몰래 배에 숨어서 바다를 건너가다
  • 잠닉하다潛匿 Korean gloss: 행방을 감추어 남이 그 소재를 모르게 하다
  • 잠재되다潛在 Korean gloss: 겉으로 드러나지 않고 속에 잠겨 있거나 숨어 있게 되다
  • 잠수부潛水夫 Korean gloss: 잠수 작업을 전문으로 하는 사람

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 替

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

僭 噆 憯 簪 譖

Other hanja read “잠”

兂 喒 岑 暫 涔 潜 濳 箴 簪 蚕 蠶

Other hanja with radical 水

水 氷 永 氾 氿 汀 汁 求 汃 汋 汎 汏 汐 汒 汔 汕 汗 汙 汚 汛 汜 汝 汞 江 池 污 汨 汩 汪 汭 汰 汲 汴 汶 決 汽 汾 沁 沂 沃 沄 沅 沆 沇 沈 沉 沌 沍 沐 沒 沓 沔 沕 沖 沘 沙 沚 沛 没 沢

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